Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphonesand listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy larger speakers and play the music loudly when they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs play music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once(一旦) a popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life or the love between a country boy and a girl is called western or country music.
【小题1】How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
A. Two.            B. Three.         C. Four.
【小题2】What’s the meaning of “earphone” in Chinese?
A. 电话.           B. 收录机.         C. 耳机.
【小题3】Do all the radio programs in America play music?
A.Yes, they do.        B. No, not all.      C. We don’t know.
【小题4】What is the country music about in America?
A. It tells stories about the common life.
B. It’s popular.
C. It is about country life or love stories.
【小题5】What is the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. American Music.     B. Pop Music.          C. Folk Music.

Computers can help many workers. They can also help thieves.
There was one thief who worked in a bank of the United States. He paid for everything he needed by check (支票). Then he told the computer not to take any money from his account for the checks he wrote. The bank’s computer did what he said. And it did not take any money from his bank account. One day the computer broke down. People had to do the computer’s work. They soon found out what was happening.
Another thief, who worked for a bank saw people filling in deposit forms (存款单). Many of these people did not know their account numbers, so they wrote only their names on the forms. They left empty places for their account numbers. The thief wrote his own account number in this place. When the computer read these forms it looked only at the account numbers. It did not look at the customers’ names. It paid the money on these deposit forms into the thief’s account .                           
Then there was the bank worker who told the bank computer to take ten cents off every customer’s account each month and put it into his own account. For a long time the bank’s customers did not notice that they were losing ten cents every month. But then someone did notice and told the bank. That was the end of that little game!
【小题1】What was the first thief?

A.A computer engineer.B.A customer.C.A bank worker.D.We don’t know.
【小题2】How did the first thief steal money from the bank?
A.He broke the computer down and stole money from it.
B.He paid for everything by check instead of cash.
C.He took money away from the bank.
D.He told the computer not to take away money from his account.
【小题3】How many kinds of crimes in a bank are mentioned?
A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.
【小题4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.None of the thieves has been caught by the police up to now.
B.A lot of money is missing from the bank of the United States each year.
C.The computers in the bank will be changed to prevent money from being stolen.
D.There will be no crimes in the bank any more since so many crimes have been found out.

I am a middle school student.   36  name is Lin Tao. This is our classroom. There 37  two blackboards and two maps  38  the wall. I sit 39 the middle of the classroom. There are  40 new desks and chairs in the classroom. There is 41 English book and two  42  on my desk.   43my chair there is a ball. On the  44  desk, there are some flowers.   45  very nice.

1.A.My                   B. I                             C. Me

2.A. is                                B. am                               C. are

3.A.behind                 B. on                        C. in

4.A. at                         B. on                          C. in

5.A. a                               B. any                                C. some

6.A. a                               B. an                         C. the

7.A.pencil         B. pencil box          C. pencil boxes

8.A. On                            B. Under                           C. At

9.A. teacher                   B. teacher’s                      C. teachers

10.A. They’re                 B. It’s                        C. That’s     

 

Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?

Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you got a pen?” while Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like “bird “and “hurt”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, while “color” and “honor” are American.

These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.

1.Are there many differences in grammar between British and American English?

A.There are few differences between them.

B.There are many differences between them.

C.There are some differences between them.

D.There are great differences between them.

2.Americans don’t say “Have you got a pen.” do they?

A.Yes, they do.       B.Yes, they don’t.    C.No. they don’t.    D.Sorry, they do .

3.Who says “ in hospital ”? Who says “ in the hospital ”?

A.Americans say “ in the hospital ” while Englishmen say “ in hospital ”.

B.Americans say “ in hospital ” while Englishmen say “in the hospital ”

C.Both Americans and Englishmen say “ in the hospital ”

D.They are the same .

4.From the article we can know____.

A.American English is better than British English.

B.it’s not so difficult for a British English speaker to understand American English.

C.the spelling of “color” is wrong while the spelling of “colour” is right.

D.British English is better than American English.

5.What’s the main idea of the article?

A.We should learn both American English and British English.

B.British and American English are two different languages.

C.Speakers of British and Americans speak the same language.

D.We should learn other languages .

 

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